Open Consultations
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Aggravated Vehicle Taking Offences
Why aggravated vehicle taking and other motoring related matters? In 2023 the Sentencing Council published new and revised sentencing guidelines for a range of motoring offences relating to dangerous and careless driving. This was a wide-ranging package, but there remain several...
Closes 22 May 2024
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Law Commission consultation on aviation autonomy
This is a public consultation by the Law Commission for England and Wales. The Civil Aviation Authority (“CAA”), and the Department for Transport have asked the Law Commission to review the UK’s regulatory framework to prepare the UK for autonomy in aviation. This project forms part...
Closes 27 May 2024
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Immigration Offences
Why Immigration offences? This consultation seeks views on a draft of the first dedicated sentencing guidelines for immigration offences under the Immigration Act 1971 and the Identity Documents Act 2010. There are currently no definitive guidelines for these offences. ...
Closes 12 June 2024
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Limitation law in child sexual abuse cases
This consultation paper seeks views on options for the reform of the law of limitation in child sexual abuse cases in England and Wales. Specifically, it considers the recommendation by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse ('the Inquiry') on limitation law. It also...
Closes 10 July 2024
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Non-fatal Strangulation and Suffocation Consultation
What is the Sentencing Council? The Sentencing Council is the independent body responsible for developing sentencing guidelines for the courts to use when passing a sentence. The Council consults on its proposed guidelines before they come into force and makes changes to the guidelines as...
Closes 14 August 2024
Closed Consultations
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Law Commission Call for Evidence on digital assets and ETDs in private international law
This is a public call for evidence by the Law Commission for England and Wales. When parties to a private law dispute are based in different countries, or the facts and issues giving rise to the dispute cross national borders, questions of private international law arise: in which country's...
Closed 16 May 2024
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Blackmail, kidnap and false imprisonment consultation
What is the Sentencing Council? The Sentencing Council is the independent body responsible for developing sentencing guidelines which courts in England and Wales must follow when passing a sentence. The Council consults on proposed guidelines before they come into force and makes changes...
Closed 24 April 2024
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Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2024: Consultation on the draft regulations
This consultation sets out MoJ’s proposals to amend the FPJPS regulations, the JPS15 regulations, the JPS22 regulations and the Judicial Offices Order through the 2024 Amendments. The consultation is aimed at judicial office holders, salaried and fee-paid, who are entitled to be a member of the...
Closed 14 April 2024
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Setting the Personal Injury Discount Rate
This Call for Evidence is intended to assist the PIDR Expert Panel in the process of obtaining up-to-date data and information on a wide range of topics relevant to modelling claimants’ likely return on investment. This includes claim and claimant characteristics, claimant investment experience,...
Closed 9 April 2024
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Statutory Review of the Whiplash Tariff: Call for Evidence
This Call for Evidence is intended to gather up-to-date information to support the Lord Chancellor as part of the statutory review of the whiplash tariff, introduced on 31 May 2021. The review will assess the whiplash tariff and its component parts, and wider economic, sectorial and other...
Closed 2 April 2024